User Groups

We had a good turnout for the SWUGN Technical Summit – Orlando, and despite the enormous size of the conference center, most everyone was able to find the rooms (I hope everyone found their way out!). There were plenty of

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More than 50 of us had a great time at the HOUSUG meeting this week, with presentations from Nicole Walden (CSWP/CSWA), and Stephen Moore (Routing).  I was pleased to throw in a "Bunch of Stuff" session which allowed me to

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Highly rated SolidWorks World/SWUGN Summit presenter Matthew Cummins visits two user groups this month with his Top Ten Assembly Modeling Tips and Tricks presentation.  Matthew will join Jason "The Rock" Raak at the West Michigan SolidWorks User Group on March

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Wayne Tiffany, SWUGN Regional rep for the Southern US, takes his outstanding sheet metal presentation to Nebraska for the February 26th SWUGONE meeting.  Wayne has presented "Sheet Metal – Why I Do it Like This, or That" at several local

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How’s this for a first meeting? Kenneth Barrentine, a regular on the SolidWorks Discussion Forum (almost 500 posts), has put together quite a lineup for the first Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group meeting on March 19th in Pleasanton, California. Vic Leventhal,

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2007 was a great year for SolidWorks User Groups, with a total of 20 new groups joining the SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN).  From small towns (North Augusta, SC) to large metro areas (Tampa, FL), new groups popped up at

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I’ve often mentioned that my favorite part of the job is attending user group meetings and other user events.  I’ll be kicking off the New Year in style beginning with the Central Florida SolidWorks User Group meeting on January 9th

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The San Antonio SolidWorks User Group (SASUG) meets tonight in Schertz – just north of San Antonio Texas.  I really enjoy visiting this group, which spun off from the Central Texas group back in 2003.  The group members are very

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Gerald Davis, COSUG group leader, is bringing his Sheet Metal Designed for Manufacturing presentation to Austin, Texas for the Central Texas SolidWorks User Group tonight.  Gerald got huge ratings for his sessions at SolidWorks World 2007, and I’ll finally get

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The Central Savannah River Area SolidWorks User Group had their first meeting on the 15th, one of nearly 30 user group meetings in November. What is significant about the meeting and the group is that CSRA-SWUG is the 100th SolidWorks/COSMOS

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SolidSmack(ed) that is.  I’ll be attending two user group meetings in Oklahoma starting with the Oklahoma City SolidWorks User Group tonight, and Thursday night at the new Tulsa SolidWorks User Group.  Josh Mings co-chairs the Tulsa group…I’ll be looking to

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I received a forwarded email from Wayne Tiffany the other day: Wayne,Four of us from <company name withheld> attended the last meeting and I was wondering what I owed for all of us.  We enjoyed the meeting topics and presentations,

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I’m a big fan of old movies – adventure (The Adventures of Robin Hood – 1938), drama (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – 1939), comedy (The Time of Their Lives – 1946), and yes, musicals (Yankee Doodle Dandy – 1942). 

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I’ll be presenting at the LA/OC SolidWorks User Group meeting tonight after a three hour flight to LAX and likely a three hour drive across the LA Basin.  I’m going to be testing out my "What’s REALLY New in SolidWorks

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If you thought October was a busy month for User Groups when I mentioned it 8 days ago, look again. There were 21 meetings scheduled then, now there are 23 (oops, make that 24, Wendy must be adding meetings to

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